contract killing
murder-for-hire

In 2000 alone there was an average of about one contract killing a week here.

The police down there think it was a contract killing.

His death, the authorities said today, was a contract killing.

When these men had been paid for a contract killing, the target was dead.

Reports indicated a contract killing, as she was shot four times, once in the head.

"Blue Eyes" was said to have carried out many of the contract killings.

"Man takes money to kill someone, that sounds to me like a contract killing."

Investigators say they believe the murder was a contract killing.

The police calculate that there were 500 contract killings in 1994.

Three men responsible for the contract killing were sentenced to life in prison.

The gang became known for carrying out contract killings, particularly against former members.

Of the 47 contract killings last year in Moscow alone, the police say they have solved only 11.

Many of those crimes were contract killings by criminal organizations.

The couple was famous for carrying out contract killings without failure.

As recently as 2000, contract killings there left 47 people dead.

Rival business groups used contract killings to try to intimidate one another.

"A contract killing here is no longer an event, it's a given, like snow falling."

However, both come at loggerheads during the execution of a contract killing.

Nothing Personal, a television documentary series that focuses on stories of contract killings.

The case they chose to dramatize involved the contract killing of a judge in Texas.

Her murder, viewed as a contract killing, sparked a strong international reaction.

No, everything leads me to believe this was a contract killing, and I want the real killer to be found."

In terms of bad behavior, it stands side by side with contract killings.

Maybe he should go for a contract killing.

Committing one's first contracted killing is referred to as "making your bones."